Cheryl Feldman Halpern was the chair of the

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(CPB) from 2005 to 2007. She has extensive experience with overseeing pro-American media campaigns abroad. In 1990, she was confirmed as a member of the Board for International Broadcasting and as a director of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). From 1995 through 2002, she served as a member of the

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, which oversees non-military overseas broadcasts by the US Government such as

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, the

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, and Radio Free Iraq. Halpern has been nominated to the boards of national or international public broadcasting organizations by Presidents

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and

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. She is also a board member of the

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, a Washington D.C.-based

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, and of the

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. Additionally, President

appointed Halpern to serve on the Honorary Delegation to accompany him to

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for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the

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in May 2008. In December 2008, Halpern was nominated to be an alternate U.N. representative for the United States (Alternate representatives present U.S. views in a number of smaller forums, including at committee meetings and at ancillary U.N. bodies). She held this position until September 2009 when the U.N. General Assembly's 63rd session ended.Bush taps former RJC chair for U.N. post
by Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA), December 8, 2008. Halpern is a graduate of

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and received her A.B. in 1975. She also received her MBA from

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in 1980.

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* Paul Farhi
Major GOP Donor Favored as Next CPB Chairman
''Washington Post'', July 15, 2005. {{DEFAULTSORT:Halpern, Cheryl Corporation for Public Broadcasting International Republican Institute The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Year of birth missing (living people) Living people New Jersey Republicans Barnard College alumni New York University Stern School of Business alumni